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SYNGENESIA POLYO^MU SVPERFLVA. 



Nat ord. Composite. Adanstmfam. % 103. 



CoRYMBiFERffi. JwxUuge^.vn. JHv. v. 

 Synantuerejb. Cimtnt m diet, jc. mMO. 181. IVibuB IX. 

 Heuanth££. Camni loc. cit. 20. 360. 



SANVITALIA. CaL bemisphtericuB^ patAs, foKoU$ plants oTtdibus 

 btseriatis. Car, radiata : dueu8 numerosus, ^ascubs hermaphroditig tubu- 

 losis limbo 5-partito : radtff«^/2bfcufi« subduodenis ligulatis latninft ovali Bub^ 

 integr^ pateDte. Filfl, breTissima^ capillaria: anik^, ohlongK, Germ, com- 

 pressum, pubescens; »tybi$ stftminibus longior; stiga. 3 replicata. iS^n#. 

 nuda; disci subcuneata, complanata» marginibus ciliata; radii turbiims; 

 dentibus 3 subulatis coronata. Reeept* conicum^ paleaceum paUis liagtita- 

 tis coDfiaTis striatis. iMmarck encyc* 6. 600; (i gaUico,) 



S. procumbenSf foliis ovatis, oppositis, snperioribus subalteniis liirsutis; ra* 



mis oppositis scabris. Lamarck encgC'. 6. 500. 

 Sanvitalia procombens. * Lamarck jaum* dhi$t. nat 2, 178. /. 33. illuMtr, 



gen. t. 686. WHUt, sp. pi 3. 2100. enum. 2. 212, Hart Kew, ed. % 



6.109. 

 Sanritalia villosa. ' Cavan ic. 4. 31. <. 361. ^ 

 Lorentia atropurpurea. Orteg. dec. 4. 42. i, 5. 



Herba annua ce^iiaso-di^ksa, caqlibuB undigw procttmbektibn eppo- 

 9it<hramo$is, vtreMeentibus out mridir p mrpu r a$ceniibu$, cyHndricit $cabri$ 

 wnhmilom \Q-\b-imcialibu$: rami in^^mak» ittferiores hmgufrm infeni appo- 

 ntifoliiy Mupemi MubaUemtfoHL Fol. wa&a, imt^ra, nfruu^w vtnc&i, 

 parcub mUoia pilis bretnbu$ rari$ decimAentibuif m&»ftnwi«wlui htitmHne 

 d-8*/m€ari» 9-nerma, bAsi in petioluiii attemuata: mferiora dktamti^nra. 

 Kores termimaleg, wKtarii, iemk$, bati folioli^ bracteaceiM cmcH* Cal* 



w6piiAegeeit#» Inteo-vireni, $qnamis bi»$riaH$ malilnu pkmii ratpafrntiAnf. 

 Cor. magnitudine mediocri ; radius patentimmvs^a$cubi twide bUeiM ftubUi$ 

 nerm 7 viridibusj discus amicus v> ovatus fioscmiM nigricaniibus nrnmerom 

 partis. An^*"* virides, Semina viUosa ciuata subHformia, disci cttiiaolo- 

 complanata obtusa apice nuda, radii iurbinata, dentibus iribus. acutis dfr- 

 stantibus coronata. Lam. loc. cit. (^ g^l. vers.). 



Native of Mexico, and ^prigiually sent from tbeoce to 

 the Botanic Garden at Madrid, from whence the seed was 

 bron^t into this country in 1798, by the late Lady Bote* 



The drawing was taken from a plant raised by Mr. 

 Barker Webb, from seed pi;oeared froi|i the botanic . esta- 

 blishment of Comit Pandini Bt- Bassan^. We had never 

 met with it in any of the nursieries about London. 



